EA has seen sense, or maybe they became worried about the growing anger aimed in their direction from the gaming masses yesterday. Either way, Rock Band on iPhone will no longer become unplayable at the end of the month if the message above is to be believed.

Yesterday there was uproar when iPhone gamers started seeing a message stating that Rock Band would become unplayable on May 31. That’s despite having to pay $5 to play it, and despite the fact EA was still selling it on the App Store.

Further frustration was caused because there was no explanation given. It couldn’t be a server shutdown as the game doesn’t require one to function. My best guess at the time was a music license was expiring, but that didn’t explain why existing owners couldn’t continue to enjoy the game.

At the time of writing the app is still available to purchase in the App Store, so we have to assume EA will continue to offer the game as well as allow existing users to continue playing. Alternatively, the app may disappear on May 31, but remain playable for anyone who buys it before then.

Whatever the case, EA remains silent on the reason for the initial message popping up on iPhones and their reasons for performing this U-turn. One thing it does make clear: if the masses make their feelings clear in great enough numbers online, even a big publisher like EA can’t fail to notice and react.